watching the lively Nisei Week Parade.

patients can receive care at home after hospitalization and age in place instead of being institutionalized.Much of the cost can be mitigated by community volunteers and organizations willing to provide time and creative efforts to maintain quality of life for those who are aging.

Rarely have I seen a barber shop or beauty salon.where society has decided to relegate their seniors?Unfortunately.Medical school loans can be forgiven for each year of service provided to a nursing home.

We can do better medically as a nation.Use newly minted residency-trained doctors to staff nursing homes to carefully watch over all patients.

Some patients will return home.

and then jettisoned out to these facilities.(Photo by Miro Vintoniv)Other major highlights of Maestro Ozawas BSO tenure included a groundbreaking1979 tour to China; the opening of Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in 1994 in his honor; a global performance of Beethovens Ode to Joy with six choirs performing on five continents for the opening of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

and Seiji Ozawa play the piano during the Symphony Hall Centennial Ball.Seiji Ozawa brought the BSO to new heights of international recognition and acclaim in his almost three decades as our music director.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Maestro Ozawas family.“Throughout my own journey as a conductor and as a young musician growing up in Latvia.